The City Law Schools Bar training programme provides first-rate, tailored vocational training for aspiring barristers. Our structured route to qualification prepares you for a career at the Bar, enhances employability through specialisms and offers practical, hands-on experience. This comprehensive programme is taught by experienced barristers who are trained to teach.
This Bar Vocational Studies (BVS) is primarily designed for those who want to qualify as a barrister. It includes the vocational stage of training for the Bar of England and Wales.
It will enable you to develop in depth legal knowledge and a wide range of legal skills, which could also be beneficial in a number of other professional careers.
Choosing to take the Postgraduate Diploma with specialism or LLM routes will give you the opportunity to further develop your CV and knowledge of specialist areas of law.
This is a blended learning programme, focussing on face-to-face teaching in small groups supported by extensive online materials to enhance classroom learning.
Our BVS programme is delivered by staff with extensive experience of practice, teaching and designing training for the Bar.
For all routes (LLM/PGDip/PGDip with Specialism), you will be assessed by 10 summative final assessments addressing specific skills or subjects, these make up the vocational component of training for the Bar of England and Wales.
For the PG Diploma with specialism and LLM routes there are two additional electives and for the LLM you are also required to complete a dissertation or (for full-time students only) a clinical legal education project.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
September 2025
Northampton Square
Finsbury,
Islington,
London,
EC1V 0HB, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, England
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
September 2025
City, University of London
Northampton Square,
London,
EC1V 0HB, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, United Kingdom
The minimum entry requirement is an undergraduate degree normally classified as upper-second class honours (2:1) or above. This can be either a law degree (usually from a university in the UK) or a non-law degree plus further graduate/postgraduate study in Law (such as the ) and in either case must cover the seven foundations of legal knowledge and satisfy the Professional Statement competence. Applicants need to be able to demonstrate that their oral and written English ability is equivalent to at least one of the following: IELTS: A minimum score of 7.5 in each section of the test. Pearson Test of English: A minimum score of 73 in each part of the test; TOEFL IBT Special Home Edition - with minimum scores of 24 in Listening, 26 in Reading, 27 in Speaking and 26 in Writing.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
City, University of London is located in the heart of the UK鈥檚 capital and has a 126-year history of quality education.
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